Leigh Fine Art

07/04/2021

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July! How are you spending the holiday?

We'll be studying this photo reproduction of Childe Hassam's "Fourth of July, 1916" from the . 🇺🇸 The one-of-a-kind database contains more than 1.2 million reproductions of works of art—including over 750 by the American Impressionist.

Please note, the museum is closed today.
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Photographic reproduction of Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935), Fourth of July, 1916. Oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66 cm) New-York Historical Society

11/28/2020

Happy birthday to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec! The artist, born in Albi, France, to an aristocratic family, became a prominent member of the avant-garde art scene in Montmartre, Paris, in the early 1900s. He became especially well-known for his depictions of the neighborhood’s nightlife, including the famous Moulin Rouge.

“A Montrouge” features one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s favorite models, the redheaded Carmen Gaudin. Lautrec met the model while out dining in Montmartre in 1886 with fellow artist Henri Rachou, where he caught sight of her brilliant red hair—one of his favorite features to depict. Revisit the episode on this work: https://youtu.be/IzYV2b6OExA

The next time you’re look for this painting on the north wall of Room 22 in the Collection Gallery.
🎨 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. A Montrouge–Rosa La Rouge, 1886–1887

09/25/2020

"It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again." —Mark Rothko⁣⁣⁣
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Happy birthday to abstract expressionist . Join us at The Met to let go of the solitude, breathe in deep, and stretch your arms (or at least your art muscles) again.⁣⁣⁣

Learn more about Rothko, Jackson Po***ck, and other abstract expressionists on the → met.org/2FFV7eA
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🎨 Mark (American, born Russia, now Latvia, 1903–1970). No. 16, 1960. Oil on canvas. © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York ⁣
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07/22/2020

“I turn to this painting to help me feel grounded when I’m overwhelmed. I like to imagine the colors streaming over the faint figure are my own varied thoughts and emotions. It helps me take a breath to acknowledge what I’m feeling while I assign each color an emotion and focus on the light breaking through to better times ahead.” —Kristen Draeger, Department Manager, Visitor Engagement

We asked our staff to share artworks they look to for solace, perspective, and resolve. Discover more : mo.ma/2W6ok6v

🎨 František Kupka, Mme Kupka among Verticals, 1910-11

07/14/2020

Happy Bastille Day dear friends 🥳🎉 On this day we can't help to think of Claude Monet's, The Rue Montorgueil in Paris, which depicts an exuberant Montorgueil Street celebration, on what many believe to be Bastille Day. But in fact this piece was painted to represent the June 30th 1878 festival for "peace and work" 🕊🎨 Even so the piece is quite fitting for such a day as today 🥳

🎨 Claude Monet, The Rue Montorgueil in Paris (1878) © Musée d'Orsay

07/01/2020

My skin is the shade of iced coffee with just a bit of cream.